Portugal first conquered Brazil in approximately 1500 (A). A papal bull of Pope Alexander VI in 1493 and the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 established Portugal’s claim over the vast new lands that would be known as Brazil (A). Portugal claimed all territory 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands and on Ester Sunday in 1500, the Portuguese admiral Pedro Alvares Cabral formally claimed the land for the Portuguese crown (A).
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